Lot 43KING CRIMSON-RED-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND-NMINT/NMINT

MICHAEL, GEORGE-FAITH-1987-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC - EPC4600001. Rare European original. Faith is the first solo Studio album by British musician George Michael, was released in October 1987. The drive is recognized as one of the greatest in the history of pop music, and has won several awards including the Grammy award for best album of the year. The album instantly became successful in America, in the debut week sold more than a million copies — this is the highest number of disks per week, sold ever British pop singer. Today in the world sold more than 25 million records. The album was released six singles that substantially helped it dominate the charts in 1988. ...more

SCORPIONS-IN TRANCE-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1985 GERMANY-RCA-NL70028. Rare early edition of the 80s cult third album SCORPIONS. In Trance is the third Studio album . On this album the band developed their hard rock style, which are subsequently modified with the arrival of Matthias ABSA, "brand" — powerful ballads.. the album was attended by: Klaus meine — vocals; Ulrich Roth — guitar, vocals; Rudolf Schenker — guitar, vocals; Francis Buchholz — bass guitar; Rudy Lenners — drums. As a session musician was made by the keyboardist Achim Kirking. It was the first commercially successful album.It is noteworthy that on the cover of the album was submitted to new logo group, which with minor modifications remained in it until today. The original version of the album cover included a photo of the model with a slightly open chest. This led to criticism and accusations by the censors. The foreground was greatly lightened, and the background was radically black. In subsequent editions of the group foreground images had to darken, hiding the chest and the background lightened for contrast. ...more

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975-HOLLAND-ISLAND-88166XAT. In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut Studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1969. The album ranked fifth in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com. This drive has had a big and unusually strong influence on the development of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. The album was recorded with exceptional musicality, the poetics of texts. While some rock groups (e.g., Pink Floyd) were prone to writing long songs, while others tried to hold in a rock song freedom jazz forms (Frank Zappa), in the Court of the Crimson King group used a bizarre poetry blakowski nightmares, visions, and premonitions. The group is always attributed to so-called genre of "intelligent heavy metal", and their very first album, created this genre, and also advanced music idea forward on several fronts. The album opens with the song "21st Century Schizoid Man", which is characterized by the use of heavily distorted vocals, deliberately monotonous, mechanical rhythm and piercingly loud saxophone and guitar. The rhythm is specified as the first song, suddenly gives way to a soft melodic calm "I Talk to the Wind". Air psychedelic piece "Moonchild" is completed with free form improvisation. In "Epitaph" and the title "The Court of The Crimson King" " the group used in the orchestration of the Mellotron. ...more

QUEEN-JAZZ (POSTER)-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMA788. Matrix A-1U/B-1U Rare British original complete with no torn poster. ...more

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER-PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION-1971-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND - HELP1. Matrix A-1U/B-1U. Rare British original. Pictures at an Exhibition - the third album of the English band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. The album was recorded in March 1971, live at the concert in Newcastle. The drive took 10-th place in the American Billboard 200 chart. ...more